Riyad as-Salihin
Riyad as-Salihin 549
Excellence of Generosity and Spending in a Good cause with Reliance on Allah
Arabic hadith text
عن عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص رضي الله عنهما أن رجلاً سأل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : أى الإسلام خير؟ قال: "تطعم الطعام، وتقرأ السلام على من عرفت ومن لم تعرف". ((متفق عليه)).
Translation
'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'as (May Allah be pleased with them) reported
A man asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), "Which act in Islam is the best?" He (ﷺ) replied, "To feed (the poor and the needy) and to greet those whom you know and those you do not know."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].